biomass Definition
bio·mass (bī′ō mas′)
biomass Usage Examples
Converse of object
- spawn: In 1988 the spawning stock biomass was about 100,000 tons.
- accumulate: A healthy plant is also more efficient in using energy and accumulating biomass than an unhealthy one.
- burn: And in the meantime the US is converting fossil-fuel power stations to burn biomass.
- convert: Several colleges have bought shredders which convert woody biomass into suitable material or mulching.
Adjective modifier
- cellulosic: The " new " technology of producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass does receive some R&D support, but not more traditional methods of production.
- microbial: Substantial changes in functional capabilities of the soil microbial biomass have been detected.
- woody: Several colleges have bought shredders which convert woody biomass into suitable material or mulching.
- solar: What about all the other energy possibilities; wave, wind, solar, biomass?
- total: For some ecosystem parameters, for example total above-ground biomass, temperature effects were stronger than carbon dioxide effects.
Modifies a noun
- feedstock: The process for making fuel from biomass feedstock used in the 1800's is basically the same one used today.
- oilseed: Increasing numbers of so-called low biomass oilseed rapes now rank in the premier gross output division.
- boiler: Wilton 10 will be a new, purpose built biomass burning boiler.
- burning: Wilton 10 will be a new, purpose built biomass burning boiler.
- rape: And 95 % plan to maintain or further increase their low biomass rape growing over the coming few years.
- aerosol: He currently works on how different tropospheric aerosols such as sea-salt, sulfate aerosol, biomass aerosol interact with clouds.
Noun used with modifier
- phytoplankton: In spring when the phytoplankton biomass increases and blooms the adult Cal fin begin to breed.
- zooplankton: Zooplankton biomass models: their implications for the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey.
- krill: To measure krill biomass acoustic surveys have been done by BAS scientists at least once a year for the last 6 years.
- weed: In winter wheat, crop density is an important factor in limiting seed production by red dead-nettle through the effect on weed biomass.
- stock: In 1988 the spawning stock biomass was about 100,000 tons.
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